Automobile-lock.



t. R.SCHHEITER,1R.

AUTOMOBILE LOCK.

Mmc/111011 man APR. 10. 1914.

1,1 90,469. Patented .my 11, 1916.

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E. R. SCHREITER, la.

AUTOMOBILE LocK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I0. 19H. 1,1 90,469. Patented July 11, 1916.

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EDWARD B. SCHREITER, JR., OIE DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

.AUTOMOBILE-LOCK.

. Application fil-ed April 10, 1914. Serial No. 831,061.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. ScirRE'rrEn, J r., acitizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne andState of Michigam'have inthey can be readily towed or moved out of thegarage or other place in case of tire .or if it is desirable to shiftthem a short d 1stance without applying their own motive power.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and moreparticularly setiorth in the appended claims.

In .the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section of avdevice that embodies the invention, parts being broken away to giveclear -view and the same being shown in closed or locked position, Fig.2 is a view in front elevation of thedevice partially broken away andwith an exte rior casing unlocked and removed; F ig. 3 is a view of theback of the device; Fig. 4 is a view in side flevatioiiof the ,devicewith the casing in position, a valve casing beingl omitted; Fig. 5 is aView taken on or about line V-V of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 isa diagrammaticview showing the device 1nstalled in proper relation to the ignitionsystem, self starting mechanism and fuel feed supply of an automobile.

Referring to the drawings, a rear base plate 1 carriesa pair ofguidemembers 2, herein shown as studs on which a main slide member 3 islongitudinally' reciprocable, the slide member having `elongatedslots asindicated in proper engagement with the guides. A spring finger 4 orother suitably disposed like member normally .holds the slide member 3in retracted posi- .tion at which time and in whicliposition rock arms 5and 6 are respectively thrown through engagement of their -torked ends 7and-8 with insulated bushings 9 and 10 on thefslide, sof that Vtheirother arms 11 and 12 respectively. close longitudinal gaps on switchblocks 13 and 14.' Conducteis 15 and 15 are connected inseriesby.suitable termi- 'nal screws 17 or the with the switch Specification ofLetters Patent.

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block 13 while corresponding- Vconductors 181.8 'are similarlyconnectedto the switch block 14. As a result of this arrangement the slide in itsnormal position establishes 6e electrical connection through theconductors 15, 1 5 and 1S, 18, the'formei of whiehniay be iii serieswith the battery ignition circuit of a cai', while the other 18, 18 are:simi-1 larly in series with or in the circuit ofthe 6.5 magneto orgenerator system of avcar., Such an arrangement is showndiagran'imatically A in F ig. 6. While it-is retracted by the springmember 4, the slide also holds Closed a switch that may beconvenientlymounted 7o on the back ofthe base 1 and'is of 'a type suitableforfcarrying the current of a-selt starting device.

As herein shown insulated spaced terminals 19 mounted Von the slide areadapted 75 tobe snapped by the spring 4 into sliding engagement withspaced terminal lingers 20 and thereby close the circuit .indicated at21 through a motor 22 and generator 23,

the motorbeing operatively coupled by suitl able means tothe engine 24of the car.l

lVhen thus retracted by the spring 4 and in normal position an upturnedlng or lat-v' eral extension 25 on the slide that is in longitudinalalinement with a spring plunger 85 26 clears the latter so as to allowitto be raisedby the abut-ting Contact of a spring projected closure 27.The latter isnof'thel ball type that is'sea'ted in a valve casing 28 forwhich it'forms the seal, the casing '90 being supported and attached tothe base 1 by a .sleeve 29'and clip 80. The sleeve also operates as ahousing for the plunger- 2G `which passes througha suitable packingdepresses. the latter when the lever is moved to the position shown inFig. 2. When' in' such position a latch plate 36 is snapped by theaction of asuitably disposed spring 37 1 into such interloeled relationwith the slide im S'tiiat 1t retains 'the latter regardless 'of ani.r

subseries@ increment at' ttf' lever 84. 'as

